Sofa or davenport bed.



J. G. CURTIS.

SOFA 0R DAVENPORT BED.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE12,'1909.

1,019,606, 1 Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES G. CURTIS, OECOLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE E. M. HULSE COMPANY,OF

COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SOFA OR DAVENPORT BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. (Evans, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sofa or Davenport Beds,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement upon the type of sofa or davenport bedshown in the application of Edwin M. Hulse for patent of the UnitedStates, filed May 10, 1909,

i S. No. 495,063. In the device shown in said application no provisionis made for elevating the bed containing frame or box when opened orexposed above the horizontal plane it occupied when closed, and unlessin such construction the seat be made rather high the bed when openedwill lie so near the floor as to be distasteful to some users. In saidHulse construction also it was expedient to provide a verticallystanding front rail that was movable so as to be gotten out of the Wayof the bed containing frame or box as the latter was moved forward.

In my present invention, the act of raising the seat not only throws thebed containing box or frame forward, as in the Hulse invention, but alsoelevates it, and I contemplate raising it so far as to clear the top ofthe front rail. The front rail in my inven tion can be immovably securedin its proper place and serve, among its usual functions,

T the important one of imparting rigidity to the main frame andespecially that of bracing the ends.

The invention, therefore, is embodied in the construction andcombination of parts herein shown, and described and pointed out in theap ended claims, the invention not being con ned in its practicalembodiment to the instance of it particularly shown in the accompanyingdrawing.

In said drawing: Figure 1 is a view in vertical section at the left handend of the davenport bed with the end removed or on a line wm, Fig. 3,and showing the bed folded in under the seat. Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the seat raised and the bed extended. Flg. 3 is a fragmentarylongitudinal section on the line g 1 Fig. 1, looking toward the rear ofthe structure. Fig. 4 is an elevation with parts in section of the innerside of left hand end of the structure to show the hardware thereon.

The davenport frame comprises a back, 4, upholstered as seen at 1, andends like that indicated at 5 as usual secured to the back. In thepresent case, the forward portions of the ends, 5, are tied together andbraced by the usual permanent front rail, 6. The inner side of each ofthe ends is provided with journal, 12, that rests in its correspondingbearing, 5". In other words, the box is hung or supported by thehangers, 12, and is capable of oscillation from or toward the back ofthe clavenport on the bearings, 5".

9 designates the seat of the davenport. The seat has on each of its endsnear the rear corners a stud journal, 9, which is seated in thebearings, 5, so that the seat is capable of being raised and lowered bytaking hold of its front edge; and rigidly secured to each end of theseat in rear of the journals, 9, are arms, 10, said arms being hingedlyconnected to the ends of the bed-containing box in rear of thestandards, 11. By raising the seat, therefore, thrown upward andforward, the extreme upward and forward position being indicated in Fig.2; and conversely by lowering the seat the bed-containing box is thrownrearward and downward; the extreme rearward and downward position beingthat of the closed position of the parts indicated in Fig. 1.

14 designates a convenient strap for manipulating the seat to raise andlower it.

The pivotal line of the seat with reference to the back is such thatwhen the seat is raised to throw out the bed-containing box, it may bemoved rearward at its upper portion beyond the vertical position to restagainst the back of the davenport as seen in Fig. 2. Both the seat andback can be upholstered as usual.

The spring bed shown is comprised of two bed members, 15 and 15connected at'their sides by links like that indicated at 16; and

stretched between the said frame is any suitable foldable spring fabric.The spring bed is supported on the box, 11, by standards, 17, on thesides of the box, 11, near its forward corners, the links, 16, beingpivotally connected to said standards by pins as seen at 16. The innerbed member, 15, is connected to the inner sides of the ends of the box,11, by links 18, and the outer bed member, 15, is supported whenextended by suitable legs as at 19 foldingly hinged to said member.

20 designates the mattress. Vhen the bed members and mattress arefolded, the bed member, 15, is somewhat depressed from the position itoccupies in Fig. 2 by reason of the action of the links,-16 and 18.

What I claim is:

1. In a sofa or davenport bed, the combination with the main frame, of aseat pivoted therein, a frame or box to support a bed, hangers pivotedat their lower ends to the main frame and pivotally supporting the saidbox at their upper ends, and means connecting the seat and box wherebythe latter can be projected upward and forward toward the front of themain frame by raising the seat.

2. In a sofa or davenport bed, the combination with the main frame, of aseat pivoted therein, a frame or box to support a bed, hangers pivotedat their lower ends to the main frame and pivotally supporting the saidbox at their upper ends, and means rigidly attached to the seat andconnected with the box to project the box upward and forward toward thefront of the sofa when the seat is raised.

3. In a sofa or davenport bed, the combination with the main frame, of aseat pivoted therein to swing upward toward the back, a frame or box tosupport a bed, hangers pivoted at their lower ends to the main frame andpivot-ally supporting the said box at their upper ends, and meansconnecting the rear of the seat and the box whereby the latter can beprojected upward and forward toward the front of the main frame byraising the seat.

4. In a sofa or davenport bed, the combination with the main frame, of aseat pivoted at its rear portion in said main frame, a bed supportingbox or frame pivotally hung on hangers supported in the main frame belowand forward of the points of their connection with the bed supportingbox or frame, and arms on the rear of the seat connected with the bedsupporting box or frame and adapted when the seat is raised to move thelatter upward and forward toward the front of the sofa.

5. In a sofa or davenport bed, the combination with the main frame, of aseat pivoted at its rear portion in said main frame, a bed supportingbox or frame pivotally hung on hangers supported in the main frame belowand forward of the points of their connect-ion with the bed supportingbox or frame, and rigid arms on the rear of the seat connected with thebed supporting box or frame and adapted when the seat is raised to movethe latter upward and forward toward the front of the sofa.

6. In asofa or davenport bed, the combination with the main frameincluding an upright back, a movable seat hinged to fold toward theback, a box or frame carrying a folded bed, hangers pivotally supportingthe box or frame, said hangers being supported at their lower ends inthe main frame and supporting the box or frame to swing in an arc ofwhich the lower hanger supports are the center, and means connecting therear of the seat and box or frame operative by moving the seat to swingthe box or frame in said are.

7. In means of the character set forth, the combination of a frame, amovably mounted seat, a carrier-frame mounted in the main frame beneathsaid seat and adapted to be shifted forwardly and elevated by a compoundmovement, and a folded bed mounted on said carrier frame and comprisinga plurality of foldably related sections.

8. In means of the character set forth, the combination of a frame, arearwardly swinging seat adapted to assume a standing position, acarrier frame normally housed in said frame beneath said seat, means forshifting said carrier frame forwardly and elevating the same withrelation to the main frame, and a folded bed mounted on said carrierframe and comprising a plurality of foldably related sections.

9. In means of the character set forth, the combination of a main frame,a rearwardly swinging seat, a carrier frame normally housed beneath saidseat, links connected with said carrier frame and said main frame andadapted to carry and elevate said carrier frame, and a folded bedmounted on said carrier frame and comprising a pluralityof foldablyrelated sections, one of said sections raisably mounted on said carrierframe.

10. In means of the character set forth, the combination of a mainframe, a rearwardly swinging seat, a carrier frame, mechanism connectingsaid carrier frame and main frame and serving to carry forward andelevate said carrier frame, and a folded bed mounted on said carrierframe and comprising a plurality of bed-sections, one of saidbed-sections being mounted on links 15 foldably connected with saidcarrier frame.

JAMES G. CURTIS. WVitnesses BENJAMIN FINCKEL, I EDWIN M. HULSE.

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